Mckinley
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies
Girl’s name · from a surname
What Mckinley means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mckinley yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Mckinley?
▲ 28 vs 2024
US: Falling: down from #379 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 862 girls got the name (#379 that year). First in the US records in 1978.
How common
- About 1 in 4,090 baby girls in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in ID (1.4 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.84 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Mckinley is #712 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #712 | 393 | 1 in 4,090 | #379 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 92.9% of US babies named Mckinley were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 393 | 30 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| US all years since 1880 | 13,098 | 9,786 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 4 | 103 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Mckinlee41 US
- Mckynlee16 US
- Mckinnley12 US
- Mckenley7 US
- Mckenlee5 US
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Mckinley
Girls
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For a brother
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- Carter#45“son of Arthur”*
- Camden#205“enclosure + valley”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mckinley’s. Rank is US 2025.
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